Wesizwe goes for contract mining at Bakubung
Wesizwe Platinum’s Bakubung mine is to be developed and mined using contractors for the first 10 years of its life instead of being owner-operated...
Blyvoor Gold to get “big green button push” in 2017
BLYVOORUITZICHT Gold (Blyvoor Gold) remains on track for the "big green button push" in May next year, according to chairman Peter Skeat who is...
Is it viable to decriminalise South Africa’s zama-zamas?
ONE interesting development to come out of the latest illegal mining disaster in which miners - ‘zama-zamas’ – were killed at Langlaaate near Johannesburg...
Blyvoor Gold set to start construction in January
Peter Skeat’s project to re-open the former Blyvooruitzicht (Blyvoor) gold mine should finally get the green light in January after a string of funding...
Global gold output to fall in 2017/18 after hitting fresh record
THE gold price would average $1,259 per ounce in 2017, according to the GFMS Gold Survey 2017, published by ThomsonReuters which warned, however, that...
AngloGold takes Obuasi social crisis to US arbitration
ANGLOGOLD Ashanti has sought international arbitration in order to save operations at Obuasi following a deterioration in security at the mine, situated in Ghana.
In...
Harmony to spend $180m doubling Hidden Valley after $1 deal
HARMONY Gold is to buy out joint venture partner Newcrest Mining's 50% stake in Hidden Valley and invest $180m in the Papua New Guinea...
Panaf’s Loots delivers mining rebuttal to his sceptics
PAN African Resources CEO, Cobus Loots, delivered the perfect riposte to those critics who doubted an accountant could run a gold mining company.
Scepticism about...
Panaf registers record R300m payout, weighs new gold mine
PAN African Gold (Panaf) is to pay its largest final dividend yet of R300m, a 42% increase on last year's payout following a strong...
Peter Skeat pushes ahead with Blyvoor Gold
Mining entrepreneur Peter Skeat is pushing ahead with plans to re-open the former Blyvooruitzicht gold mine despite the recent political setbacks which have raised...